things are popping up in places like benghazi, yemen, tunisia and they're not al qaeda but they're reading from the al qaeda narrative. they are being influenced by people who are formerly influential extremists in al qaeda. the actual truth is the picture isn't that clear, but we can piece it together. and that's not satisfying to people who are used to saying, you can attach this attack to that group. >> and how much communication and cooperation are there between the militias and the groups? >> that's a developing picture. i mean, they are still finding their way to whatever ultimate form they're going to have. and i think one of the reasons you're seeing all of these groups reading from the al qaeda narrative no longer calling themselves al qaeda is because they realize that makes them radioactive for things like fundraising. the other thing in washington is everybody said you said this on monday, you said it on tuesday then you changed it to this on wednesday. why are you not telling us the truth? the simple fact is if you've ever worked with classified intelligence and fast moving ev